Why Queen Elizabeth Usually Sits Beside The Bride In Royal Wedding Photos

Queen Elizabeth II usually sits beside the bride in royal wedding photos due to a poignant reason.

Rebecca Flood, a journalist for The Sun, claimed that Her Majesty is usually positioned right beside the bride, who is an original member of the royal family, rather than the bride’s mom because of her position in the monarchy.

Lady Gabriella Windsor recently tied the knot, and the official photos from her nuptials have been released. In the snaps, the Queen is sitting on a chair beside Prince Philip and the bride.

Flood claimed that since the monarch outranks everyone in the family, which includes the parents of the bride, she is usually seated beside her. But it seems that there is an exception to this observation.

When Princess Eugenie tied the knot with Jack Brooksbank on Oct. 12, 2018, the Queen was once again photographed sitting beside her granddaughter. Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew, Princess Eugenie’s parents, are standing at the far end of the photo.

But when Prince William and Prince Harry tied the knot in 2011 and 2018, respectively, Her Majesty sat beside her grandsons. By the looks of it, the Queen usually sits beside whoever is her relative or the original member of the royal family.

Prince William and Prince Harry are members of the royal family, but their wives only became part of the British clan after the wedding. As such, the monarch sat beside her grandsons and not their wives.

Princess Eugenie and Windsor are related to the Queen and this could be the reason why she sat beside them in their official wedding portraits. Her Majesty’s husband, Prince Philip, usually sits beside her in the photos.

The 97-year-old Duke of Edinburgh still managed to attend the nuptials of his loved ones despite his delicate age and recent retirement. Prince Philip wore his official uniform at Prince William’s wedding. But he wore his signature suit and tie at Prince Harry, Princess Eugenie, and Windsor’s nuptials.